Tie-bar for railroad-switches



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W. J. MORDEN.

TIE BAR FOR RAILROAD SWITGHES.

No. 267,566. Patented Nov. 14, 1882,,

I Invent or IBY e/Itiorney UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

IVILLIAM J. MORDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIE-BAR FOR RAILROAD-SWITCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,566, dated November14, 1882,

Application filed April 10, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. MORDEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residingatGhicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Bars forRailroad- Switches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie-bars for railwayswitches, 85c.

The object of my invention is to provide a tie-bar in which thejawswhich hold the bottom flange of the rail are made detachable andportable, and so arranged in relation to the bar or rod that they areheld firmly in place on the ends of said rods or bars whenin place onthe rail without the aid of bolts or rivets.

To this end myinvention consists in providing one of the parts with aprojection or projections, which fit in corresponding recesses in theother, anti are held firmly in theirplaces by the rail.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tie-rod as applied to therails. Fig. 2, a side elevation of thejaws enlarged. Fig. 3 is a planview of thejaw, showing the end of the bar removed.

Similar parts are represented by similar letters of reference throughoutthe several views.

In the drawings, A and A represent the removablejaws, and B the barwhich connects them. The jaws A and A are to be of steel or iron, cast,swaged, forged, or rolled, or of any suitable material, andare providedat one end with a hook or claw, a, and at the other with two similarones, I) b, as desired, these being arranged at each side of the jawproper, with space enough between for the ends of the bar B.

c c are lugs cast onto the sides of the claws 7) b, and are ofsufiicient height to come flush with the bar B, when in position. In thebar B, a short distance from the end, are notches or recesses, d d,which lit over the lugs c 0, referred to above. In applying the tie-barto the rails, the end of the bar B is slipped between the claws or hooksb b and under the (No model.)

hook or claw a, the recesses 01 61 coming down over lugs c c. The clawsa and b are so constructed that when the end of the bar B is in place,as just-described, the space between the said claws and the top of thebar B corresponds to the shape of the bottom flanges of the rail, whichis slipped therein, as shown in Fig. 2, thus holding the whole firmlytogether, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings. Itis obvious that the same result might be accomplished by having aprojection or projections on the bar which would fit in correspondingrecesses in the jaw. I do not therefore wish to be confined to thisparticular construction.

To one familiar with the bars as heretofore constructed the advantagesof this bar will be apparent at a glance. The jaws may be cast of steel,iron, or any suitable material, avoiding the labor and expense offorging, as is the case when made in one piece. In case of breakage ofany part, it is only necessary to slip the tie-bar from the rails andreplace the broken part with a duplicate, and put it back in its place,while with the ordinary bar, should any part become broken, a whole newbar must be substituted or the broken parttaken to the shop to berepaired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the rail and the tie-bar .B, of the jaw A,having the claw a and the claws b b, disconnected above the tie-bar, anddevices to engage said jaw with the said tie-bar, the rail restingdirectly upon the tiebar, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. A tiebar composed of the removable jaws A A, having claws a and b b,the latter provided with lugs c c, and the connecting-bar B, securedbetween the claws b b, and having notches d d adapted to lit over thelugs c c, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM J. MORDEN.

Witnesses:

P. A. STALEY, FRANK J OHNSON.

